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EXECUTIVE      DEPARTSIENT, 

MiLLEDGEViLLE,  December  20fch,  1863. 


Hu)   Excellency  the  Governor 


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Inclosed  herewith  I  send  you  a  copy  of  the  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  this  State,  and  a  copy  of 
a  Resolution  upon  the  subject  of  the  production  of  provisions,  and  the  partial  prohibition  of  the  pro- 
duction of  Cotton  during  the  war.  I  respectfully  appeal  to  you  to  bring  this  question  to  the  attention 
of  the  Legislature  and  people  of  your  State.  In  my  humble  opinion,  our  success  in  the  great  struggle 
in  which  we  are  engaged,  is  more  dependent  upon  the  ability  of  our  people  to  supply  themselves,  and  the 
army,  with  provisions,  than  upon  any  other  earthly  cause.  The  high  price  which  cotton  now  commands, 
with  a  prospective  increase  in  price,  growing  out  of  the  short  supply,  will,  it  is  feared,  greatly  stimulate 
its  production  next  year,  and  cause  a  diminution  in  the  supply  of  provisions,  unless  effective  legislation 
shall  prevent  the  evil.  As  all  the  States  are  alike  interested  in  this  great  question,  unity  of  action  and 
harmony  of  sentiment  arc  very  desirable. 

I  am  very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 


pennulife* 
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